Hat form



P. HILDRETH HAT FORM Jan 6, 1931.

Filed Nov. 24, 1928 1 Iii/veni o fl'auzemflizoggeifi b f" "*7 QHI7%S,

Patented Jan. 1931 UNETE HAT roam Application filed November 24, Serial No. 321,637.

This invention relates to bat forms and protectors ior niensor womens hats and aims to provide a novel'and improved form whereby hats conveniently and compactly 5 may be stored, carried or shipped with no danger of crushing them.

In the drawings of one embodiment of my novel hat form selected for illustration and description,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation and showing in dotted lines the -form adjusted to a different shape;

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the form adjusted to a diiierent size;

Fig. 3, a plan;

-Fig. 4, a sectional scale on the line 44, Fig. 3, of one of the adjustable joints of the circumferential band and the vertical straps;

Fig. v5, a detail plan of a modified form of joint at the point of intersection of the vertical straps; and v Fig. 6, a partial cross-section and side elevation of the joint, on an enlarged scale.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, my novel hat form comprises a plurality, and herein "four, of vertically or upwardly arched flap straps or hands 1, having their lower ends rolled outwardly to form feet 2, one of which so may carry a ring 8 or other suitable member for suspending the form, the straps being secured at the pointof intersection at the top of the arch'by any convenient means, as a rosette 4, which may be fixed or movable.

35 These straps 1 may be made of any suitable material as celluloid, wood or metal, and are sufficiently 'thin'to be light in weight and readily pliable and, Fig. 2, each carries a locking or connecting member in the form of a disc 5 of sheet metal slit vertically twice as at 6, 7, the metal between the slits being slightly offset to permit a circumferential flat thin band 8 to slide therethrough. The opposite overlapping ends of the band, Fig. 3, are each provided with a boss or any convenient member 9 to prevent it from being I accidentally withdrawn from the disc 5.

The vertical strap 1 is slipped between the offset section 10 and the circumferential band 8, thus leaving them both freely addetail on an enlarged ustablerelative to each other and the disk by sliding thelatter up or down as desired, or by sliding the band 8 therethrough.

In Fig. 1, the bandS is shown in full lines in its lowerposition with the upri ht straps 1 assuming somewhat the shape of the end of an ellipse, While in the dotted line position the band israised and the straps 1 rise substantially perpendicularly from their feet to the meeting point with the band 1.

In Fig. 2, the band 8 is shown contracted somewhat to receive a smaller hat. In use the band 8 and straps l-are adjusted relatively to fit to best advantage the hat to be carried, and to give it the best support. Ob-- viously the forms with hats thereon may be nested and thus packed closely and safely in a case or trunk. a

The feet 2 on the straps provide adequate support for the lower edge of the hat and a ring 8 permits the hat and form to be su pended, if desired, in an automobile, sleeping car berth or closet with safety.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I illustrate a modified form of rosette or joint of the intersecting vertical straps 1 in which each strap extends only to the intersecting point or a little beyond. The upper end of the strap is slit as at 12 and through these slits extends a lock screw 11 having anut on its inner end.

By means of this arrangement the straps may be adjusted to make aiorm oi any size within certain limits and locked in position.

My invention is not limited to the particuar embodiment thereof described and illustrated.

Claims:

1. 1 hat form and protector for use with in a hat comprisinga plurality of radial, arched resilient straps, with one end free having a circumferentially movable locking band above-their free ends.

2. A hat form and protector for use within a hat comprisinga plurality of arched and crossed str..ps with ends free having a circumferentially and vertically movable band adjustably securing them between the crossing point and their ends.

3. A hat form'and protector for use within a hat comprising a plurality of crossed, I

arched straps secured at their crossing point and with free'en'ds having a resilient circumferential band determining the positions radially of their ends. l

4. A hat form and protector comprising a plurality of radially positioned resilient V arched straps with feet fashioned thereon,

V the straps secured at their points of intersection, and having a circumferentially adjustable band slidable thereon, and a 'Inen1 her on one strap for-suspending the same. i

5. A hat form and protector compr slng a plurality of radially positioned resilient arched straps With feet fashioned thereon,

the straps adj ustably secured at their points of intersection, and having aclrcumferentiallyadjustable band slidable thereon.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name. to this specification. v PAULENE HILDRETH. 

